All TAs in the Department of Social Science are welcome to attend these training webinars. New first-time Foundations TAs will be paid one-hour compensation at the CUPE overload rate for the webinars to a maximum of 7 hours. For any questions, please contact Tanja Juric, Foundations Coordinator (FNDSPC@yorku.ca).
Foundations Program Webinars 2024
Participatory Learning: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 19
Facilitated by: Natasha May, Educational Developer, Teaching Commons
In this session, we look at a framework for organizing classes that will help you embed participation throughout, by focusing on the different purposes for participation in class. There will also be opportunities to test out a few examples so you can experience them as a participant and decide which you may want to use in your own classes.
Assessing Student Writing: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Thursday, October 3
Facilitated by: Dunja Baus, Director, Writing Centre
This workshop will offer practical strategies to help instructors and students respond to assessment and feedback in ways that bolster our students’ agency and confidence.
Grading [and Feedback] Strategies: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 30
Facilitated by: Natasha May, Educational Developer, Teaching Commons
This webinar will discuss marking and grading principles, and offer participants practical methods for grading that will help address validity and reliability issues to meet student (and course director) expectations.
Teaching Writing & Research Strategies: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 6
Facilitated by: Marlene Bernholtz, Writing Centre; Sophie Bury, Teaching & Learning Librarian
This webinar will highlight strategies, assignments and resources that can be used by TAs to strengthen undergraduate students’ skills in writing quality research papers and assignments.